1969 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1969 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Quito, Ecuador, between 4 and 12 October.

Medal summary[]

Men's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Iván Moreno  Chile	10.6A	Fernando Acevedo  Peru	10.6A	Andrés Calonge  Argentina	10.7A
200 metres	Iván Moreno  Chile	20.9A =CR	Fernando Acevedo  Peru	21.0A	Andrés Calonge  Argentina	21.1A
400 metres	Andrés Calonge  Argentina	46.9A	Raúl Dome  Venezuela	47.6A	Brazil	47.9A
800 metres	Jorge Grosser  Chile	1:54.1A	Brazil	1:55.5A	Chile	1:55.9A
1500 metres	Jorge Grosser  Chile	4:04.7A	Chile	4:06.5A	Ecuador	4:08.5A
5000 metres	Víctor Mora  Colombia	15:36.6A	Ecuador	15:41.4A	Chile	15:49.3A
10000 metres	Víctor Mora  Colombia	32:27.2A	Argentina	32:28.6A	Chile	32:41.0A
Marathon	Colombia	2:36:36A	Chile	2:43:41A	Argentina	2:46:56A
3000 metres steeplechase	Jorge Grosser  Chile	9:51.2A	Víctor Mora  Colombia	9:53.2A	Colombia	9:53.2A
110 metres hurdles	Patricio Saavedra  Chile	14.6A	Alfredo Deza  Peru	14.6A	Venezuela	14.7A
400 metres hurdles	Juan Carlos Dyrzka  Argentina	52.0A	Ecuador	52.7A	Chile	52.8A
4 × 100 metres relay	Colombia Pedro Grajales Jimmy Sierra	40.2A CR	Peru Fernando Acevedo Vela Lay Su	40.7A	Chile Iván Moreno Patricio Saavedra Juan Santiago Gordón	40.7A
4 × 400 metres relay	Argentina Andrés Calonge Juan Carlos Dyrzka	3:12.3A CR	Brazil Menezes Ienne	3:13.2A	Peru Fernando Acevedo Rosales Alfredo Deza	3:13.7A
High jump	Peru	2.00A =CR	Luis Barrionuevo  Argentina  Argentina	1.95A
Pole vault	Argentina	4.40A CR	Colombia	4.10A	Peru	3.70A
Long jump	Brazil	7.60A CR	Iván Moreno  Chile	7.54A	Argentina	7.21A
Triple jump	Nelson Prudêncio  Brazil	16.34A CR	Brazil	14.80A	Argentina	14.65A
Shot put	Brazil	16.88A CR	Argentina	15.65A	Juan Turri  Argentina	15.64A
Discus throw	Colombia	51.66A	Brazil	50.88A	Colombia	50.64A
Hammer throw	Argentina	61.58A CR	Brazil	56.50A	Darwin Piñeyrúa  Uruguay	56.48A
Javelin throw	Rolf Hoppe  Chile	69.76A CR	Brazil	63.50A	Chile	62.98A
Decathlon	Héctor Thomas  Venezuela	6720A	Brazil	6124A	Chile	5948A

Women's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Silvina Pereira  Brazil	11.7A CR	Josefa Vicent  Uruguay	11.9A	María Luisa Vilca  Peru	12.3A
200 metres	Silvina Pereira  Brazil	24.0A CR	Josefa Vicent  Uruguay	24.6A	Argentina	25.0A
400 metres	Josefa Vicent  Uruguay	56.1A CR	Argentina	57.4A	Argentina	57.5A
800 metres	Argentina	2:17.8A	Nilda Fernández  Argentina	2:18.4A	Ecuador	2:32.3A
80 metres hurdles	Carlota Ulloa  Chile	11.0A CR	Argentina	11.4A	Uruguay	11.4A
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil	46.0A CR	Argentina Alicia Kaufmanas	47.0A	Chile A. Saez	48.6A
High jump	Brazil	1.70A CR	Aída dos Santos  Brazil	1.60A	Peru  Uruguay	1.55A
Long jump	Silvina Pereira  Brazil	5.85A	Alicia Kaufmanas  Argentina	5.70A	Brazil	5.61A
Shot put	Rosa Molina  Chile	13.30A	Brazil	13.02A	Brazil	12.68A
Discus throw	Brazil	42.92A	Argentina	41.92A	Colombia	40.48A
Javelin throw	Rosa Molina  Chile	45.52A	Colombia	43.74A	Brazil	41.02A
Pentathlon	Aída dos Santos  Brazil	4422A CR	Brazil	4234A	Carlota Ulloa  Chile	4107A

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)	10	10	4	24
2	Chile (CHI)	10	3	9	22
3	Argentina (ARG)	6	10	8	24
4	Colombia (COL)	5	3	3	11
5	Peru (PER)	1	4	4	9
6	Uruguay (URU)	1	2	3	6
7	Venezuela (VEN)	1	1	1	3
8	Ecuador (ECU)	0	2	2	4
Totals (8 nations)		34	35	34	103

A = affected by altitude

External links[]

• Men Results – GBR Athletics
• Women Results – GBR Athletics
• Medallists